FGEN’s solar portfolio includes older vintage assets with high value subsidy tariffs. These assets provide a high proportion of RPI-linked income and the focus is on managing the assets as they age to maintain, and where possible enhance, performance.
About the portfolio
Assets include 11 operational ground-mounted solar parks across five investments in England and Wales.
Investment Attractions
- Government-backed incentives (ROC and FiT)
- Index-linked incentives
- Low technology risk
- Readily available input resource
Profile
Intermittent energy generation profile
First Investment
IPO in 2014
Potential risks
- Merchant electricity prices
- Solar resource risk
- Lifecycle maintenance and component replacements
Our solar assets
Amber
The Amber Solar project comprises two ground-mounted solar parks in the south of England. The parks are located in Five Oaks in West Sussex and Fryingdown in Hampshire.
The Five Oaks park (which commenced commercial operations in July 2012) has a peak capacity of 4.8MW and the Fryingdown park (which also commenced commercial operations in July 2012) has a peak capacity of 5MW, giving a total installed peak capacity of 9.8MW.
Case study spotlight: Shoals Hook
The Shoals Hook project comprises a solar energy plant located in Shoals Hook Farm near Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The plant was commissioned in March 2015 and generates electricity to be injected into the grid.
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